Lot n° 27
Estimation :
180 - 200
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 77EUR
VICTORIA, Queen - Letters patent from Queen Victoria granted - Lot 27
VICTORIA, Queen - Letters patent from Queen Victoria granted to François Hudde and Jean-Bapiste Fouquet for their pyrometer. March 28, 1855. 2 leaves, engraved on metal, printed on vellum, 76 x 52 & 61.5 x 46 cm, large yellow wax seal (16 cm diameter) affixed in a tin box, lakes braided with red and beige cords.
Large, handsome document bearing the arms of the United Kingdom, completed in brown ink, in favor of pastry chef Fr. Hudde and mechanic J.-B. Fouquet, of Villiers-le-Bel, who had developed a pyrometer suitable for bakery ovens.
Important seal of Queen Victoria, broken, with minor damage. Without its box cover.
Not very common.
Expert : Cédric et Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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